Airworthiness Engineer, Magnum

Anduril is seeking a Senior Airworthiness Engineer to join the Group 4 & 5 Maneuver Dominance team at our Costa Mesa HQ. The mission is to revolutionize the DoD capabilities at a pace never seen before. You will work on the Airworthiness aspects of new aircraft development effort in a lean, high-ownership culture where you directly shape the product and operate at a velocity to fly new designs within months, not years.


WHAT YOU'LL DO

• You will work as an Airworthiness Engineer to develop and author Airworthiness certification and conformance plans for Group 4 & 5 developmental and production aircraft, to fly both CONUS and OCONUS.
• Bring a pragmatic and right-sized approach to Airworthiness (and Systems Safety) to enable capability realization at the speed of relevance.
• Engage with customers, end-users and local regulatory authorities to identify and negotiate appropriate Airworthiness frameworks and recognized standards to develop the overall Airworthiness strategy as a foundation for design efforts.
• Develop Airworthiness plans and documentation in support of regional regulatory processes and submissions.
• Support System Design Reviews (SDR) and engineering governance structures such as Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR), Test Readiness Reviews (TRR), Safety Review Boards (SRB) representing and Airworthiness.
• Ensure the logical and systematic realization of customer airworthiness certification objectives, to include the tailoring of traditional Airworthiness processes, and continuously evaluate and update Airworthiness plans throughout the product lifecycle.
• You will develop, author and maintain all Airworthiness activities in a digital environment which is interconnected with system requirements, program schedules, flight test point matrix, and also risk assessments, providing input to the flight test program execution schedule.
• Faced with technical and execution challenges, you will be expected to develop creative solutions to unique problems. You will be biased for action — you are empowered to engage your team to solve and fix any problem you encounter.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• A bachelor degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering or aviation related engineering degree.
• 8+ years airworthiness engineering experience.
• Experience with safety-critical hardware and software systems in the Defense or Aerospace industries, specifically crewed aircraft, rotorcraft, UAS (Group 3 or larger) or weapon systems.
• Extensive knowledge of AC 23-1309-1E, MIL-STD-882E, MIL-STD 516C airworthiness, AC-17-01, and other relevant safety standards.
• Experience establishing and maintaining relationships with civil and military Airworthiness authorities (DoD, FAA and/or EASA).
• Proven experience working civil and military Airworthiness processes, including MIL-HDBK-516 series documents, throughout the life cycle of a developmental aircraft to achieve successful program completion.
• Familiarity with technical software packages such as Relyence, Teamcenter, JIRA, JAMA, Cameo, and/or Ansys.
• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and communication skills.
• A sincere commitment to a positive, inclusive, and collaborative culture.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance in United States, United Kingdom, or Australia.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Masters in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering or aviation related technical discipline.
• 15+ years airworthiness engineering experience.
• Systems engineering and Airworthiness experience with large UAS airworthiness authorizations.
• Experience authoring and submitting FAA Certificates of Waiver or Authorization (COA).
• Previously held a position as Airworthiness Engineering Lead or Airworthiness Engineer.
• Airworthiness experience on a team that executed first flight on a manned or large UAS developmental aircraft.
• Experience working US Army framework for air worthiness